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I'm trying to commit a file to my repo after making some changes- I initially uploaded the files to the repo directly through github.

C:\Users\me\repos\grow-my-day>git add popup.js

C:\Users\me\repos\grow-my-day>git status
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean

C:\Users\me\repos\grow-my-day>git commit -m "Edit popup.js"
On branch main
Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'.

nothing to commit, working tree clean

C:\Users\me\repos\grow-my-day>git push
Everything up-to-date

when I run git log I see that it's saying the last change was made on July 3rd which was the initial commit.

CodePudding user response：

For both messages, a git status would be helpful:

• one for realizing there is nothing to add and commit
• one for checking your current branch, which might be main by default, and no longer master (since Aug. 2020 for GitHub repositories, for instance)
  See Git 2.28 (Q3 2020) and the init.defaultBranch setting.

So:

git push -u origin main

Note that with the recent (Q3 2022) Git 2.37, and its new git config --global push.autoSetupRemote true, a simple git push would be enough.

But with the status Your branch is up to date with 'origin/main'., there is nothing to push anyway.

If the file is not present at all on the remote side, check if it is ignored locally.

git check-ignore -v -- popup.js